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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostNew York PostLifelines is a tiny movie, made for $385,000, but it strikes enough strange chords to make it resonate.
- 50The New York TimesNathan LeeThe New York TimesNathan LeeStarts promisingly, with a sharp comedic bite and genuine compassion for this fraught family dynamic, but soon gives way to the kind of compressed, schematic psychodrama endemic to (if no more welcome on) the stage.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyMature in terms of production polish and pro performances, writer-director Rob Margolies' feature debut, Lifelines (until recently called "Wherever You Are"), stumbles in a familiar way: It crams in so many family dysfunctions and plot crises in search of cathartic impact that credibility is stretched to the breaking point.
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe film's befuddling direction and tone, queasy HD interiors, and tin-eared, often preposterous, screenplay prove disastrous.
- 10Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThere's so much ranting and raving, all of it boring and trite.